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| Asai,Nobuhiro; Ohkuni,Yoshihiro; Yamazaki,Ikuo; Kaneko,Norihiro; Aoshima,Masahiro; Kawamura,Yasutaka. |
| Combination therapy of CT-guided percutaneous drainage and antibiotics is the first-line treatment for abscesses. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated. However, the therapeutic impact of this procedure for infection treatment has never been reported. We retrospectively analyzed all 47 patients who received CT-guided percutaneous drainage for infection treatment. Patients' characteristics, pathogens isolated, antibiotics administered, technical and clinical outcomes, complications related to this procedure and therapeutic impacts were investigated. Patients were 26 males and 21 females. The mean age was 63.5 years (±18.7). The diseases targeted were 19 retroperitoneal abscesses, 18 intraabdominal abscesses, three pelvic abscesses, and seven others. As... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: CT-guided percutaneous drainage; Infection; Abscess. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000400015 |
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